The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-17
WHOLE NUMBER l424.

ion. think he Ii 10 error In regard 70 their IN
tensitytif not their frequency. and cannot shift
the evil to shallow blowing. In dairy Of james
Blake Of Dorchester. MARS, recording events Of
l149 tAnnale of Dofchester), he observes: s.This
Summer was the Severeet Drouth In this Country
has ever been known In ye Memory OF ye old
est Persons among us. By ye latter end Of May
the grass was burnt up 20 that yc ground looked
white: and It was ye 9th Day OF July before any
Rain Ito speak eD came. Many wells, Springr,
Brooks s email Rivers were dried up that were
never known to fail before. And ye Fish in
some Of ye Rivers died. The Pastures were 70
ecorched that there was nothing green to be
eeen, and the Cattle waxed poor, and by their
lowing seemed to call upon their Owners for
Relief. who could OF help them. Although
the Grass WAS Eaten 30 Close that there WAS but
few thin spires to be seen. yet several Pastures
took fire and burnt fercely.' On his own land.
which CO lsht accidentally, the nre ''blased and
flashed like Gun Powder. and run very fast
along the ground. Where there was Jumps OF
Cowdnng, 1t would burn till ye whole lump was
Consumed, 4 burn hole In ye ground On
the 9th Of July rain came, and Afterwards there
was sufficient quantity, so that the lands looked
green again. and there Was good harvest. IL
such fearful and destructive drouth could
occur with surrounding wilderness, where
ehall we look for snccor today
HsscLE-roRxIxG roops.
The food eaten by animals must be rich 10 nu-
triment-that lie, calculated to build up the frame
and il should be 60 proportioned - to proper
nonrieh all parts OF the animal enonomy in
q proper degree. else there lie waste. When tse
animal hasreachcd its full degree Of muscular.de-
velopment more Indian corn may be allowed, and
1t forms an excellent food in equal proportions
BY weight with bran. II little oilmeal IL added.
Upon the question OF food the Farmers Maga-
zine lately printed an article from which the fol-
lowing is taken:
The need OF our working animate ID not 90
much fat-forming foods ae bone and muscle
making For tat forming no food 10 better
than corn, but to give bone and muscle
with which to do the work Of the farm or the
road something that will make bone and muscle
is re quired. At the head Of oil these foods
stands lmeal. with from 25 to IS per cent Of
bone and muscle forming food. Following this
are oats. ss per cent; beans. IS per cent: peas,
% per cent: rye and barley, 12 TO Is per cent.
Bran is from Is to IS per cent, and middlings
abont Is. Oil meal. on account Of its richness
in muscle food and its medicinal qualitee.is IL an
excellent food, but its cost puts 1t ont Of reach,
and other foods may be used at less coet. and
Bran and middlinge can often be purchaeed at Z
low price. and it IL therefore better to feed them
than oil-meal. though eome oil-mesl will always
be an advantage TO the stock. The waste pro-
ducts Of the mill, 1t will be thus seen. make .
very valuable food in making bone and muscle.
OF the grain, oats stand at the head and in gen.
eral use no other food can take its place, bnt
where practicable the mill products will be
found advantageous. Where the cost ie no great
er the oil-meal is the beet food, but II the pro
portional cost is too much 1t will be better to
feed the cheaper foods. Corn, while valuable
HxSfA SwS t. - - t. 1nwA~
OF muscle-forming elements and its large per.
centaee Of fat-forming elements, good food fol
working animals. especially In the working
season on the farm. An advantage OF oil.meal
which ought not to be overlooked is ite medi-
cinal quality, which gives it value which the
other foods do not have. There ie enough oil
In the meal to prevent constipation, even when
dry foods are used.
HrcKLEBERRY vs.. JUSEBERRY.
Mr.. +. X. Phoenix, Delavan. = veteran pomolc
gist OF Wisconsin, has this to say in regard tc
"A Hardy Huckleberry," an account OF which
has been going the rounds Of the agriculture
press for some time:
Is it not probably the Dwarf Juneberry that II
eferred TOT The native huckleberry. 90 far ~
know, has been successfully grown In gardens
1t is very easy distinguishing huckle5errics from
jnneberries In bush. leaf, blossom. and fruit.
know innebcrries dwarf have often been calle<
| and the plants s0ld for hncklebcrries.
The huckleb berries understand to be heath
like and like the heaths difficult to tame. espec
! tally on eoils uncongenial to them. Il is to b
hoped that skillful public-episited propagation
will, this coming season, grow blueberriee and
huckeberries from seed Of the finest selectet
berries and 30 breed up . collectionof choic,
named kinds adapted to the windest possibl,
| range Of soil. No finer berry grows.
Certainly II cannot be the huckleberry q
| generally understood, or, botanicslly, GAylue
sacia the germs including the cranberry, biberry
and bueberry. Tie wild huckleherry canno
be transplanted without taking with the root
kept moist before as we'll - after transplan.ing
No respectable nureerymsn agrees to send root
| OF the common hucklebcrry or whortleberry o
our markets. They will not transplant snccese
fully. Neither do they grow as single plante
| put in muses., and only In soils where permanen
moisture IL close 10 the surface.
MORE SALT.
| One OF the most remarkable formations o
common salt in this country, and indeed in th,
world, is th.t on the Island OF Petite Anse, l2.
miles west Of New Orleans. II was discovered
in 1862 while sinking well. and was immedi
ately seized by Jefferson Davis ~ Confederst,
supply. The salt is underground at = deptl
| ranging from ten to twenty-three feet. One
hundred and fifty acres have, up to the presen
| time, been traced, and depth OF $50 feet beer
reached. The salt 10 taken out In msesv,
crystalline blocks, and 10 Of the clearest whit,
4 appearance. Ii ID nearly chemically pure, con
| tains 80 50 per cent pure salt, the remAinin.
fraction Of percent being gypsum and chloride
| Of lime. The mines are owned by the Aver!
family, and are worked by : New York 1rm
which pays $500 per month - = royalty 10
the privilege.
i INSTINCT or GRCss.
Prof. j. s. Newberry gives I most marked II
lustration Of what appears to be development o
instinct approaching reason In one Of the lsv
forms Of life. The grub Of the seventeen year
locust buries itself deep in the ground, and onl!
emerges after its period Of seventeen years i
ended. At Railway, N. j., . house had beeI
erected above spot where some OF these grub
had buried themselves. At the expiration o
their period the gfubs started on their way I,
the surface. but emerged into the cellar, wher
| they were yet In the dark. In order to rcacl
the light they commenced building small struct
ures, and when nrst noticed the noor Of the Gel
lar was found covered with email cones, some Q
them more than six inches high, which thee
cicadas had built in their exertione to travers
the dark cavity to the light above ground.
EFFECT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The light from An electric lamp tower at Dav
export, Ia, falls full upon . flower garden abou
loo feet away, and during last summer the owr
er observed that lilies which usualiy bloom onl
in the day opened In the night and that morning
gories unclosed their blossoms % soon - th
electric light fell on them. 1t has freqnentl
been observed that trees were most exnberan
in their foliage ON the side nearest the electri
light.
Evidence Indisputable.
| Winks-..Do you believe the spirit
Of the departed can communicate wit
the living?"
Jinks-.Yes, | have had absolut
proof Of it.
.You don't say so?'
Il suppose YOU know when | maj
red the present Mrs. Jinks she was
widow
"Yes.''
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